The Recovery of Costs (Remand to Youth Detention Accommodation) (Amendment) Regulations 2017

Statutory Instruments

2017 No. 230

Criminal Law, England And Wales

The Recovery of Costs (Remand to Youth Detention Accommodation) (Amendment) Regulations 2017

Made

1st March 2017

Laid before Parliament

2nd March 2017

Coming into force

1st April 2017

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 103(2)(a) and (6) of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012(1).

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Recovery of Costs (Remand to Youth Detention Accommodation) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 and come into force on 1st April 2017.

Amendment to the Recovery of Costs (Remand to Youth Detention Accommodation) Regulations 2013

2.  Regulation 3 of the Recovery of Costs (Remand to Youth Detention Accommodation) Regulations 2013(2) is amended as follows—

(a) in paragraph (4)(c), after “2015” insert “(but before 1st April 2017)”;

(b) after paragraph (4)(c) insert—

“(d) on or after 1st April 2017, £191.”;

(c) in paragraph (5)(h), after “2016” insert “(but before 1st April 2017)”;

(d) after paragraph (5)(h) insert—

“(i) on or after 1st April 2017, £536.”;

(e) in paragraph (6)(d), after “2016” insert “(but before 1st April 2017)”;

(f) after paragraph (6)(d) insert—

“(e) on or after 1st April 2017, £579.”.

Phillip Lee

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Ministry of Justice

1st March 2017

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Recovery of Costs (Remand to Youth Detention Accommodation) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/507) by inserting new amounts that designated authorities are liable to pay the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales in respect of each night on which a child is detained on remand in a young offender institution (increased from £177 to £191), secure training centre (increased from £472 to £536) or a secure children’s home (increased from £574 to £579) on or after 1st April 2017.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.

(1)

2012 c. 10.

(2)

S.I. 2013/507; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2013/2243, 2014/562, 2015/569, 2016/330.